Can You Get Lyme Disease More Than Once? Can you get Lyme disease more than once? Many patients assume that once they’ve had Lyme disease, they’re protected. But in clinical practice, repeat infections and recurring symptoms are common—and often misunderstood. Short answer: Yes. You can get Lyme disease more than once. Limited strain-specific immunity may […]
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Babesia Incubation Period: A 10-Week Delayed Case The babesia incubation period can be much longer than expected—as this unusual case demonstrates. A 19-year-old man developed symptoms 10 weeks after traveling to New York, illustrating why Babesia can be missed when physicians focus only on recent tick exposure. The case was published in Cureus by Patel
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What Does a Lyme Flare-Up Feel Like? Lyme flare-up symptoms often feel like a sudden crash—fatigue returns, brain fog worsens, and pain or neurologic symptoms intensify after a period of improvement. A key pattern is fluctuation. Symptoms may improve—and then worsen again—sometimes without a clear immediate cause. These patterns are part of broader mechanisms of
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Can Lyme Disease Stay With You Forever? Can Lyme disease stay with you forever? Although many patients will improve with appropriate treatment, others will experience ongoing Lyme disease symptoms that may persist for years. A growing number of case studies continue to document patients with chronic illnesses associated with Lyme disease. Key Point: While many
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Can Lyme Disease Cause Stomach Pain? (Even in Children) Stomach pain is common. Lyme disease is often overlooked. Sometimes, they are connected. Lyme disease stomach pain is not the most common symptom—but it can occur. When abdominal pain has no clear cause, Lyme disease may be part of the differential diagnosis. Lyme disease in children
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Herxheimer Reaction in a 13-Year-Old Boy With Lyme Arthritis A recently published case report describes a Herxheimer reaction in a child treated for Lyme arthritis. Nykytyuk and colleagues reported the case of a 13-year-old boy who developed worsening symptoms after starting doxycycline for Lyme disease. [1] Key Point: A Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction can occur during treatment
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ALS or Lyme Disease? Case of a 63-Year-Old Man Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss a case report involving a 63-year-old man whose progressive neurologic symptoms raised an important diagnostic question: ALS or Lyme disease? Key Point: Lyme neuroborreliosis can sometimes
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Can Lyme Disease Mimic ALS? Motor Neuron Symptoms and Differential Diagnosis Can Lyme disease mimic ALS? In some cases, patients with Lyme disease develop motor neuron symptoms that resemble ALS—making accurate diagnosis critical. In clinical practice, motor neuron symptoms have been observed to improve with antibiotic treatment in some patients while others do not respond.
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COVID-19 and Lyme Disease Share Similar Neurologic Symptoms In the article “Neurologic Findings Among Inpatients with COVID-19 at a Safety-Net U.S. Hospital”, Anand and colleagues described the symptoms and clinical presentations of 74 individuals with confirmed COVID-19. [1] The patients were evaluated by neurology consults while hospitalized or within one month of hospitalization. COVID-19 and
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Lyme Disease Rash vs Cellulitis: When Lyme Mimics Skin Infection Lyme disease can mimic cellulitis, a common bacterial skin infection—leading to delayed diagnosis if tick exposure is not considered. In this case, a 40-year-old woman developed redness, swelling, pain, and a spreading rash at the site of a surgical excision. Key Point: Early Lyme disease
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